Digital inclusion advocates are reeling after the Trump administration announced the Digital Equity Act was being cancelled months after federal grants had already been awarded.
More than almost any other factor, a community’s planning and land use laws and policies affect its success in supporting small, locally owned businesses.
ILSR details the many policy ideas states can implement to strengthen their antitrust laws to fight corporate monopolies and build local economic power.
Amid an all-out assault on federal broadband funding programs, the upcoming Building For Digital Equity livestream offers a port in the storm.
On Talking Headways, Stacy Mitchell talks with Jeff Wood about how the rules that govern our built environment have fueled corporate concentration and harmed democracy
Hosted by ILSR and AAPB, guests with a wealth of knowledge provide an inside look at how successful community broadband networks can be funded.
Kennedy Smith shares her research and perspective about good zoning's role in economic resilience.
ILSR outlines the economy-strengthening benefits of city and state partnerships with local independent business alliances.
ILSR outlines the benefits to communities if they eliminate the dark store tax loophole.
State policymakers can make sure the clean energy boom benefits their local residents and businesses by supporting locally owned solar and wind projects.
The Maine Connectivity Authority has unveiled $9.6 million in new grants to bring affordable fiber to over 15,000 homes and businesses across 12 underserved communities.
Oakland, California will use ARPA grant funds to construct a city-owned fiber network that will support the city housing authority's “Free Internet Initiative.”
Fort Collins' award-winning municipal fiber network celebrates growth by giving away a year of free Internet access to 20 randomly chosen subscribers.
Brownsville, Texas is now transforming the city's digital landscape with a fiber network to bring fast, reliable, and affordable Internet service to nearly 200,000 residents.
Consumer Reports latest survey of the most popular ISPs in the U.S. once again dominated by smaller providers and community-owned broadband networks.